How do you budget groceries?

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We spend about $400 on food a month. We go to Costco and Walmart. This is for a family of 4. Two adults, a 7 year old and 3 year old. Any advice on how to budget better or maybe stores to try out. We are trying to eat healthy on a budget. I don't usually buy too many snacks. Mostly Graham crackers, fruit and granola bars as snacks.
Thank you for the advice everyone! We buy our bulk items at Costco and smaller items at Walmart. We also buy household things (shampoo, laundry detergent, etc ) about every 3 months since we buy those in bulk as well. So at that time we probably spend about $200-$250 extra. I am going to look into coupons and meal planning as well. I also say I am going to plan but I don't.  😩

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I think that’s super low already. I spend $300 a month on all food (including eating out) and I live alone

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I think $400 a month for a family of four sounds reasonable. That’s $100 a week and personally food isn’t something I can skimp out on. Are there places like Sams club or Costco near you? Buying some items in bulk could help some. Or maybe buying frozen veggies instead of fresh. Frozen is usually cheaper and there’s not the same risk if it going to waste.

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400$ a month for four. Youre doing your thing girl! My biggest tip is plan plan plan a menu of what meals u need. Thts the best way. Things like rice, beans, potatoes, oatmeal, ground turkey can go a long way if u take time to plannout meals. And Sams and costco are very very cost effective for families. At one point me and my hubs was saving 30cents a gallon off gas by using sams clubs gas station.

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That’s already a really low budget. My husband and I have been averaging $800/month, but are trying to slim it down to $600. I am not sure I could manage on $400.

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You're doing awesome! We're a family of six, 2 adults and 7,6,4 and 2 year old. I shop Sam's club and Walmart, spending between $1,000 and $1,200 a month.... this includes household things like paper towels, toilet paper, cleaning items and diapers and goodnites.

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Sounds about right I think.
We go to Costco maybe once a week and spend anywhere from $150-300.
If we get a lot one week then we don’t need much the next.
Two parents, 11, 8 year old and newborn. Also a dog. 😂

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I think $400 a month is a great budget. I try to stay at $100 a week but I always end up going over. We are also a family of 4 but my girls are young still. I already know my budget will go up as they get older.

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I think that's pretty average. Maybe you could use discount coupons... what do you think? 😊

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